Safety Today Inc. Brass Knuckle® SmartShell™ BKCR4599 heavy-duty protective glove offers wide-ranging protection for extreme jobs. The BKCR4599 provides heavy-duty cut, light-oil and moisture resistance, nontacky slip resistance, and shock-absorbing impact protection-all in an easy-wearing glove. Providing a broad spectrum of protection, the BKCR4599 delivers ANSI level 4 cut resistance in a very breathable, durable, and flexible glove.
On the palm and fingers, the BKCR4599 offers three layers of protection. The liner is an ultra-high-performance polyethylene and spandex composite that delivers heavy-duty cut resistance without bulk. Bonded to that first layer is a gray polyurethane fabric topped with a grippy nitrile surface, a barrier to light-oil or other light-liquid penetration. In critical areas of the palm, padding provides impact resistance. www.safetytoday.com, 800-263-1251
Bayco Products, Inc. Nightstick® Intrinsically Safe Class I, Division 1 angle lights come in three models: the XPP-5570R, the XPR-5572R, and the XPR-5572RM. Each new Nightstick angle light model is cULus- and MSHA-certified Intrinsically Safe Permissible, water-rated as IP-X7 waterproof, and meets requirements of NFPA 1971-8.6. Made from glass-filled nylon polymer, these individually serialized angle lights feature a heavy-duty stainless-steel pocket clip that eliminates slippage when attached to a firefighter’s jacket or respirator pack and include a top-mounted visible low-battery indicator that illuminates in low-battery situations.
All three Nightstick angle lights feature three user-selectable flashlight settings of 200, 100, and 60 lumens plus a strobe feature with a 267-meter beam distance. Turn on both the flashlight and the floodlight simultaneously in dual-light mode to see objects at a distance or through the smoke as well as the ground in front. www.mynightstick.com, 469-326-9400
Motorola Solutions APX 8000 XE two-way radio and APX XE500 RSM are two new additions to the APX Project 25 (P25) digital radio line. The APX 8000XE features all-band functionality and is a rugged P25 two-way radio that can be used in either analog or digital mode across the 700- and 800-MHz, VHF, and UHF bands.
It is programmable via WiFi. With five strategically placed microphones and automatic noise suppression, the APX XE500 provides clear communications when worn on either shoulder, center chest, or over the shoulder. It can be submersed in two meters of water for up to four hours. It withstands heat conditions of up to 500°F for up to five minutes. A channel knob automatically controls the channels of the user’s portable APX radio. newsroom.motorolasolutions.com, 888-325-9336
Streamlight® Inc. ProTac HL® 4 high-lumen (HL) flashlight delivers 2,200 lumens of white light. The “dual-fuel” light also permits a choice of either 3-V CR123A lithium or Streamlight’s new 18650 rechargeable lithium ion batteries. The light offers high, medium, and low settings as well as a strobe for signaling. The light’s TEN-TAP® programmable switch allows users to select from high/strobe/low (the factory default), high only, or low/medium/high.
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(TNS) - The City Council on Tuesday will consider approving the purchase for the Alameda Fire Department of two water tenders, equipment that first responders say can help them tackle large fires after an earthquake or other major disaster.
The department has already budgeted the approximately $799,000 needed to pay for the two 2016 Pierce-Kenworth water tenders from Pierce Manufacturing, which has supplied all of the department's fire apparatuses since 1991. The tenders are a type of tanker truck designed specifically for transporting water from a water source to a fire scene.
The city's existing fire boat, which can provide up to 2,000 gallons of water per minute, would supply salt water from the Oakland Estuary or San Francisco Bay to the tenders during an emergency. Along with using the fire boat, sites are being established around the city where the tenders could pull water directly from the bay, Alameda fire Chief Doug Long said in a background report for the council.
"A minimum of two tenders are necessary to work concurrently to provide a system of constant water supply," Long said. "As one is supplying water at the fire incident, the other would be refilling at the fire boat or drafting site."
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12:13 PM: Demolition of the former Fire Station 32 is finally under way, six months after we reported that the project to rebuild FS32 is nine years behind the schedule in the original plan for the voter-approved 2003 Fire Levy.
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The Anchorage Fire Department will be multiple ambulance units stronger come Monday. The two ambulances will add to the department's existing fleet of nine to meet the growing need for medical services in the Anchorage area. It's a necessary thing, AFD Fire Chief Denis LeBlanc said, to meet a 72 percent increase in emergency transports between 2002 and 2015.
"It was terribly needed," said LeBlanc of the "expansion," which, through a contract negotiation with the Firefighters' Union, temporarily utilizes already-available resources.
"I was actually concerned about sleep deprivation," he said, "that these folks are up for 24 hours, running code in congested streets. I was fearful they would be tired. We had to do something."
Both of the ambulance units will have a home at Station No. 1 in Downtown Anchorage, though will be setup to respond to calls around the entire community.
Though it may only be two new rigs for the department, the number of lives saved from them will be exponentially greater. Plus, the two units will add about a 22 percent increase in service availability. They will also provide relief to a greatly overworked station staff: Twenty percent of all AFD calls go to Station No. 1, according to LeBlanc.
"We needed to do things differently," he said.
Breaking it down, LeBlanc said there are three big reasons for the new additions.
One is the volume and total number of calls the department has been receiving for emergency medical service requests. There was a 12 percent increase over the course of 2014 alone, according to LeBlanc.
"We are the Anchorage Fire Department," he said. "but really, we are a fire department that's Emergency Medical Service-heavy."
The number of calls is an especially important factor at Station No. 1, which LeBlanc said receives more than 20 percent of all of the AFD calls. It's also that concentration of requests in the Station No. 1 area that made it a good place to add units.
"This station receives the bulk of those calls," he said. "And last year, we saw that growth and thought that we could ride out that storm, if you will. But the storm has continued."
Another reason is the types of calls received, which are generally for non-life-threatening injuries. That means that Paramedics aren't usually necessary, and a Level I EMT would be able to do the job.
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Two Nazareth Ambulance Corps workers and a patient were able to escape safely when the ambulance burst into flames Wednesday in Mifflin County, a fire official said. Highland Park Hose Co. No. 4 Chief Bill Fike said the fire broke out around 4:30 p.m.
Two Nazareth Ambulance Corps workers and a patient were able to escape safely when the ambulance burst into flames Wednesday in Mifflin County, a fire official said.
Highland Park Hose Co. No. 4 Chief Bill Fike said the fire broke out around 4:30 p.m. while the ambulance was traveling west on Route 322, near the Walnut Street exit in Lewistown. The ambulance was transporting the patient in Mifflin County.
Fike said the fire was brought under control by 4:50 p.m. The two EMS workers and the patient were then transported by that area's ambulance service to their destinations.
Fike said the fire appeared to have started in the ambulance's engine compartment, but the blaze remains under investigation. It's unclear how long the ambulance corps has had the vehicle.
The number of the ambulance seen burning along the highway is 5083, a box-style ambulance similar to the 5086 unit on display at last month's groundbreaking for the squad's new headquarters at 519 Seip Ave.
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